Collapsible container



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1,491,535; UNITED s'rATEs PATENT oFl-eflcE.

ROBERT J. BELL, F IIELICEIMONI), VIRGINIA. i

coLLnrsIBLE CONTAINER.

Application nled June 19, 1923. Serial No. 646,416.

To all'wlzom it may concern.'

Be -it known that I, ROBERT J. BELL,

a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Containers, of which thefollowing is a speciication.

This invention relates to 'a collapsible container which may be assembled very easily and quickl and when knocked down lwill occupy lint little space so that a number of these knocked down containers canbe placed together for shipment or storage.

This invention also .consists 'in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arran ement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed outv in the appended claims. 1

In describing my invention in detail,v reference will be had to .the accompanying drawings 'wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of aV container made in the form of a barrel.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 ofA Figure 1. Figure 3 is asection on line 3 3 of Fig ure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5' is a similar section a modification.'

Figure 6 is-an elevation showing the invention applied to a box.

but showing through Figure 6.

Figure 8 -is a view showing. the sides of the box placed together.

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view f through the upper part of Figure 6.

Figure 10 is a section on line 10 10 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a sectional view i taken,

through the top of a modified vform of barrel.

j Figure.12 is a similar view but showin the parts in a `diiierent position. v

`Figure 13 is a fragmentary view ofthe fastening means of the body `of a barrel shown in Figures 11 and 12.

'taken' through Fi Figure 7 is a' horizontal sectional viewl showing through the upper portion of the barrel shown in Figures 11 and 12.

Figure 16; is a transverse sectional view gure 13. v Referring to the first form of the invention the barrel or hogshead is formed of two sections 1 and 2 which are preferabl made of corrugated iron or steel. Eac

sectionis provided with openings' 3 adjacent one of its side edges and with projections 4adjacent the other side edge, these projec# tions being formed in the metal and forcing the metal between the slits outwardly. The projections on one section are adapted to engage the openbyrnaking a pair of slits' ings 'in the other section and then a pin 5 is passed through the projections so as to lock Ithe same in the openingsand thus securely fasten together the two sections. The` top and bottom of the hogshead `may be' connected with the body in any suitable manner, though I'prefer to make the top and bottom in the form of caps, as shown at 6, and to connect'each by the V-shapedprojections 7 on the bodyv passing through the openings 8 inthe cap and threading a wire 9 or the like through the projections. This arrangement is similar to that-described in my application Serial No. 622,361, filed May 2, 1923.

If desired I may hingedly connect the two sections together at one edge byforming tubular portions 10 at one edge-of each section which are alternately arranged withsimilar portions on the other section `and then passing a hinge pin 11 .through the portions. Thus' the two sections will be hingedly connected together at one edge and their other edges can be locked together by the projectionsI and pin before described. This is shown in Figure 5.

In the modification shown in Figures 6 to 10, the receptacle B is made in the form of a rectangular box and one side and end 'cap with the bodyl v described. When the rectangular container nected together by means of. pointed members engaging the projections 4 which `pass through the openings 3. These pointed members .are carried by a strip 16 which is slidably connected with each section by means of the pins 17 engaging the slots 18 in the strip. The top of the strip is pro- -vided With the handle 19 so that it can ne raised and lowered to free the pointed menibers from .the tubular projections or to `place the pointed members in said projections. These pointed members take the place of the pins 5. In this modification the cap carries the tubular projections 20 which are engaged by the pointed members 21 on the body, the cap being partlyl rotated to place the projections in engagementi With the pointed members or to free them yfrom suchmembers. The cap is held against rotary movement by means of the loop. 22 which projects into an opening 23 in the .cap and Which is adapted to receive a seal 24. The cap is provided with a groove 25 for receiving the member 22 in placing the cap in position on the barrel or removing it `from the barrel.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the container when made in the form of a box or barrel can 'be 'taken apart and 4the sections placed togetherso that a plurality of knocked vdown containers can be placed together Without occupying much space. The sections are easily connected together by the pins.

' l By hingedly connecting together the sections as shown in Figure 5,the barrel 'can be partly opened so that its contents can be inspected for the full length of the barrel.

By using the sliding strip, as shown in Figures 11'to 15 there is no danger of misplacing the connecting means as there is when a pinis used as said strip is permanently attached to the section. The manner of connecting the cap to the barrel, as shown in these figures, eliminates the use of a wire so that the cap can be more easily and quickly placed in position than in the form Where a Wire must be threaded through the projections.

While the drawing shows the containers as made of metal it is tov be understood that they can be made of other material.

It is thought Vfrom the foregoing description that the advantages and novelffeatures ofmy invention Will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope ofthe appended claims.

"What I claim is 1. A collapsible container comprising a body formed in sections, each section having openingsadjacent one edge and hollow projections adjacent the other edge for engaging the openings of the other section,

Apms passing through the projections for holding them in the openings, a stlip to which the pins are connected and means for slidably connecting each strip to its section.

'2. A collapsible container comprising a body formed in sections, means for detachably connecting the sections together; a cap for the container and means for detachably connecting the cap to the container, such `means consisting o'feyes carried by one part and pointed members carried by the other part'for engaging the eyes when one part is given a--parti'al rotary movement in relation to the second part.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

' ROBERT J. BELL. 

